Google Trends has released its 2022 FrightGeist which lists the most searched costumes across the United States, including a breakdown of the most popular picks in various cities.
According to the data, the most popular costumes for 2022 across the U.S. are as follows:
- Witch
- Spider-Man
- Dinosaur
- “Stranger Things”
- Fairy
- Pirate
- Rabbit
- Cheerleader
- Cowboy
- Harley Quinn
When looking specifically at the city however, Washington, D.C.’s most popular Halloween costume is a dinosaur.
Washingtonians aren’t the only ones who don ferocious teeth and a prehistoric tail–the costume also sees a high amount of searches in Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, and Texas.
Other popular costume searches across the DMV include pirate costumes around Baltimore, Md., and Hocus Pocus witch costumes around Charlottesville, Va.
You can see the top 100 searched costumes across the U.S. as well as view an interactive map of the most-searched costumes across different cities here.